Political exile and asylum rumors across Europe echoed
A fragmentary clipping notes refugees in Switzerland and embassies in Lenton amid claims of political imprisonment, with references to Prince Acknownary, August Hebel, and the Iron Cross pedigree. It mentions threats of internment and exile in monastic or sanitarium settings, reflecting turbulent postwar discourse.
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Switzerland
Serest
Rok Nicolai
Jai Ee
Lenton
Rem Reeventive
Fennassy
Iesaue
Staf
Was & T
Iron Cross
Prince Aicknowary
August Hebel
Ichnowsky
Wincy Adams
Literary Digest
Loyal Russians Desperate to Reach Allied Lines Amid Chaos
Fragmented reports describe hundreds of Russians loyal to the Allies attempting escape from Soviet zones via Yokohama Vladivostok and the Pacific coast. Some seek American interpreters or aviator roles while others hope to join the allied forces. many are blocked or robbed of status and pay.
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Jones
Yokohama
Ar Kashia
Vladivostok
Ching Coast
Polo
Sre
Vladtvostok
Miner Bruce Lindsay Heads 4000-Mile Recruitment Tour
A Canadian miner named Bruce Lindsay travels 4000 miles to enlist support for a recruitment drive. The ad mentions Hilberta and joins a broader effort to bolster enlistment across distant areas.
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Bruce Lindsay
Record of Fred Clements Heroic Naval Service Ends
Toronto Globe reports on Fred S. Clements a young British sailor who survived five torpedo attacks on his ships and a daring escape from a U-boat raft. He saved a comrade, earned a personal commendation from Lord Jellicoe, and died drowning after returning to duty. His funeral drew vast crowds and a tombstone fund is planned in Enfield.
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Scottiab
Fred S. Clements
Southbury Road
Enfield
Enfield Highway
Fred Clements
von Tirpitz
Clements
Dunkirk
England
Scotland
Clementa
Jutland
Oilein
Britannia
Drake
Nelson
Toronto Globe
Government eyes farm labor boost by six day work week
Official reports consider labor shortage for farm work tied to unskilled workers and half week labor. Experts anticipate a nationwide deal among employers to use only six day workers and, if needed, enforce vagran cy laws to push able bodied men to earn a living, freeing more farm labor.
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United States Seyment Service
Department of Labor
United States
Thomas F. Logan
Leslie
Start Easy With Tractor First Weeks Care Advice
A vintage agricultural note advises gradual bedding in of a tractor during its first week. Let oil circulate and avoid pushing to the limit in initial days to ensure long life and peak power for years of farming use. Local misprint ends with unclear village snippet.
Conservation Commission highlights power and fuel efforts
The ninth annual report of the Commission of Conservation stresses St. Lawrence power potential and a call for an international commission to ensure fair use. It covers peat fuel, railway electrification, Niagara and Fraser River fisheries, wildlife conservation, and postwar global metal markets.
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St. Lawrence
Canada
Clifford Sifton
Commstssion of Conservation
Niagara
Sir Clifford
Niagara Power
International’commission
Eugene Haanel
C. A. Magrath
A. Y. White
S. ‘T. Dodd
General Electric Company
W. F. Tye
C.E
C. Gordon Hewitt
J. P. Babcock
Fraser River
Commission
War Lords of Germany Burdened by Cold Economic Calculations
An essay notes how German war leaders devalue aged 55 and older as economic cargo while proposing brutal terms for Polish refugees. It cites Field Marshal von Hindenburg predicting a costly path to peace and argues democracy must oppose such heartless power. From the Minneapolis Tribune.
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Germany
Marshal von Hindenburg
Hindenburg
Russia
Knights of Democracy
The
Minneapolis Tribune
Allies Reach Out lands to America
Henry P. Davidon, chairman of the Red Cross, appeared at a New York meeting shortly after returning from Europe. He spoke of wartime conditions and urged resolve, declaring the nation is at war for its life and that victory is possible.
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America
Red Cross
New York
Europe
Henry P. Davidon
Flowerdew Leads Desperate Charge In Canadian Cavalry Action
Lieutenant Flowerdew of the Canadian Cavalry commanded a squadron in a high risk operation against two enemy lines. Despite heavy fire and 70 percent casualties, his leadership drove a successful assault, aiding a later join by Lieutenant Harvey's party. Flowerdew was wounded but continued to urge his men, his courage pivotal to capturing the position.
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G. M. Flowerdew
Harvey
V.C
Flowerdew
Germans Claim English Food Shortages Stoked by War News
Berlin press bureau cites English prisoners claiming England is starving while German forces report capturing food supplies including tinned food, white bread, marmalade, wine, and tobacco. The report notes loss of English war material and a strengthened German rail network aiding pursuit of the enemy. A stray nursery rhyme fragment is included.
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Germany
Berlin
England
Genera Elies
Agrarian Tax Remedies to Curb Vacant Farmland Nuisance
A parliamentary committee on Agriculture and Colonization proposes practical steps to curb absentee ownership of large tracts near rail lines. It urges higher taxes on unused land to force utilization, favoring provincial revenue through land taxes over improvements, with a possible added levy until land is used. The Dominion could object on expediency grounds, but a unified policy is urged per the Toronto Globe.
Preparing for Canning Seoasa Regulations Put Into Force
Regulations taken into force aim to save about 100 tons of sugar yearly in Canada. They are described as necessary to ensure sugar for fruit canning in summer. Cuba has sugar, but ships are diverted elsewhere. The curtailment may cause little hardship and benefits health and wartime financing.
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Canada
Cuba
Kaiser's Quest for Puppet Kings Across Europe
A London Spectator writer suggests Kaiser Wilhelm aims to mirror Napoleon by placing relatives on thrones in conquered lands. He allegedly contemplates Eitel Fritz as grand duke of Courland or Saxon prince as king of Lithuania, a son as king of Poland, Prince Oscar as king of Finland, a Hohenzollern king of Romania, and Albania for Prince William of Wied.
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Napoleon Bonaparte
Europe
London Spectator
Kaiser Wilhelm
Teuton
Kaiser
Eitel Fritz
Courland
Lithuania
Poland
Oscar
Finland
Hohenzolern
Roumania
Albania
William of
Wied
Charlton
Bates Strayer
Leslie
Ukrainia's Lesson on Germany and World War Witness
The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes that Ukraine observes that no greater evil can be allied in friendship with Germany. The remark frames Ukraine as a caution to the world, highlighting perceived German duplicity in wartime alliances and urging vigilance amid shifting loyalties.
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Ukrainia
Germany
Cleveland Plain Dealer
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